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chisel::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cheat, rip off |
| Type of | victimize, victimise |
| Has types | whipsaw, beat, beguile, bilk, bunco, bunk, con, cozen, defraud, hornswoggle, juggle, mulct, nobble, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, rook, scam, short-change, soak, surcharge, swindle, victimize, welch, welsh, diddle, fleece, gazump, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hoodwink, hook |
| Derivation | chiseler, chiseller |
They chiseled me out of my money.
chisel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | edge tool |
| Has types | ripping chisel, set chisel, wood chisel, cold chisel, drove, drove chisel, firmer chisel, burin |
Examples of chisel
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The tools used were seven scrapers, one chisel and a piece of carborundum stone.
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I have a full complement of power tools, including an air chisel, if that helps.
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The forms of characters from Hindu mythology are carefully shaped with a chisel.
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This Government is not going to be remembered for being chisel-faced accountants.
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His arsenal included a chain saw, chisel, adz, hatchet, hammer and block plane.
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His chisel has to be at its absolute sharpest or he risks cracking the casing.
From the timesunion.com
The hot workpiece cut is then placed over the chisel and struck with a hammer.
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They are normally flat, chisel-shaped teeth that meet in an edge-to-edge bite.
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The race to sculpt Public Palin was instant, and Fey had the sharpest chisel.
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- An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
- Cheat: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
- Cheat: deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
- Carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
- A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. ...
- Chisel is the 1991 compilation album by Australian pub rockers Cold Chisel. It features a selection of their best songs from previous albums, including live versions of the tracks "Merry-Go-Round", "Star Hotel" and "Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)". ...
- Chisel was a punk rock band from the United States that existed between 1990 and 1997. In that time, the group released two full-length albums and a compilation of early recordings.
- A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end, which is generally perpendicular to, but occasionally parallel to the cutting edge of the tool, depending upon its intended use. ...
- (CHISELS) Small steel tools which are used to aid the sledge hammer or mallet in working Marble or stone.-Every Marble worker has a collection of them. The finest are of cast steel.
